Healthy facts about sleeping

It's in the air.

The news media and health professionals are sounding the call: Sleep debt is a national crisis. When sleep loss accumulates from night to night the result is sleep debt. Sleep deprivation undermines your health, sabotages your productivity, blackens your mood, clouds your judgment and increases your risk of accidents. According to the National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research, adults today are getting 20 percent less sleep than they did 100 years ago.

There are many ways to pay off your sleep debt. Most critical is the bed you choose.

According to a growing body of research, mattresses with adjustable firmness air support show significant advantages over other sleep surfaces. These include metal coil and foam mattresses, waterbeds and futons. Air conforms to the contours of your body and provides optimal support. All other sleep surfaces displace to differing degrees, especially at pressure points. And pressure puts muscles to work, especially those along your spine and in your lower back.

Adjustable firmness is critical for spinal support and health. You and your sleeping partner each have specific needs and different comfort levels. Select Comfort lets you both choose the level of firmness or softness that best supports your body give you the deepest, most restful sleep.

Deep sleep allows the body to repair tissues, re-energize organs and muscles, and replace old cells with new ones. Poor sleep can interfere with these critical functions, and adversely affect your health and well-being.

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